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pallor

noun

  1. paleness of skin
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈpælɚ/ / /ˈpælə/

noun

Etymology: From Middle English pallour, from Old French palor (“paleness, pallor”), from Latin pallor, from palleō (“to look pale, blanch”).

  1. Unnatural paleness, especially as a sign of sickness or distress.

    pallor of the complexion

    ‘Sir,’ said the butler, turning to a sort of mottled pallor, ‘that thing was not my master, and there’s the truth. My master’—here he looked round him and began to whisper—‘is a tall fine build of a man, and this was more of a dwarf.’